[ kal'di:ən ]
■ noun
1》 a member of a people who lived in Chaldea, an ancient country in what is now southern Iraq.
2》 the Semitic language of the ancient ~s.
↘a language related to Aramaic and spoken in parts of Iraq.
3》 a member of a Syrian Uniate Church based mainly in Iran and Iraq.
■ adjective
1》 relating to ancient Chaldea or its people or language.
2》 relating to the East Syrian Uniate Church.